Safety device eor fowling-pieces



A. W. A. BARNARD.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR FOWLING PIECES, RIFLES, AND THE LIKE.

Patented May 24,1921.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1919- 1,379,238. Patented May 24,1921.

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. equivalent part thereof in a firearm is normally locked, and is prevented from being Lavaeae.

mania-WALTER ALEXANDER BAIRNARD, or wntnme'ron, new znemivn,

A SSICi-N'Olt ONE-FOURTH TO STEPHEN JOHN HARTLEY, OF MAIN ROAD,- HIMATANGI, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEA-IIA-NID;

serum? DEVICE FOR rownme-rrnciis, RIFLES, D THE LIKE.

- Application enem e, 1919. semi-no. 295,918..

To all whomit may concemr 1 Be itknown that I, ALFRED WALTER ALEX- ANDER BARNARD, citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, residing at Russell street, Fo'x;

' ton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, have invented certain new and useful 1111- provements in Safety Devices for Fowling- 1 Pieces, Rifles, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fowling pieces,

rifles and similar firearms, and its object is to provide means whereby such firearms can notbe discharged until brought. to a safe and proper. firing position.

According to the invention the hammer or released by-merely pulling the trigger, ow-

ing to the engagement with the latter of a plate or lever pivoted underneath and to the neck of the stock or to mechanism actuated by said plate or lever.

Even should the trigger be unlocked the hammer or its equivalent is prevented from being operated to cause the firearm to discharge, until such time as pressure is applied,

to a further plate or lever pivoted inthe end of the stock.

. pivoted in t eend ofthe stock 2 and is kept I The firearm cannot be discharged i until pressure is applied to the plates or levers in the stock end and 'neck, as until this takes place the firing mechanism remains locked.

The invention will be more particularly .described with reference to the accompanyin drawings in. which .i-gure 1 is a art sectipnal elevation of a Winchester sing e pea rifle,

Fig. 2 is a part sectional elevation of a Winchester repeating rifle.

Figs. 3, 41 and 5 are part sectional elevations ofa double barrel hammer gun.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the locking plate employed in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. Fig, 7 is a side elevation showing a modification of the locking mechanism as applied to a hammerless gun.

Fig. 8 is a part sectional view showing a further modification:

Referrin to Fig. 1, a plate or lever 1 is normally pressed .outwardby a spring 3. Attached to the plate or lever 1 is a rod 4 located in a passage 5 in the stock and passleaving inner end to a swingm ing also through t 6 of p ar ,7

sperafieation of Letters Patent: Patentd 192L.

pivotally connected" toya plate or"lever .,8

ward 'or outward bya spring'lO-so as. to pro-' the stockis ,a small bell. crank or rocking lever 14, the upper arm' of which; normally prevents the bolt'head 15 from traveling pivoted in a slot-9 in the underneath por tion ofthe neckof the stock, l 1 f home untilsuch time as the; firearm is held and discharged in a proper manner. v

To discharge the firearm thejlatter is raised tothe s oulderand-in doing so pres- 3 sure is'automatically applied-to theplate or lever '1, simultaneously with the application of pressure to the plate 8 on ripping the I neck of the stock, the effect of which is that the inner end of the rod 4 is raised and coming in' contactwith the lower arm of the 'lefver 14:, causes the upper arm of the latter as be depressed sufficiently to allow the bolt home on the trigger 13 being pulled.

not-in the. firing position.

In the construction shown .m

Fig. 2, res

sure'is "applied simultaneously. to the'p ates j 'ortion 19 of the latter to be withdrawn rom'the recess 20 in the thumb piece 21 I the firearm in a state to be discharged at will by pulling the trigger 13. 4 In the case of a double barrel hammer gun...

as illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6, the rod A stop pin 16 and sgring 1 4: insure the j bell crank or rocking le I safety position as shown when the firearm fis Y as or 14 assuming the 4 attached to the plate 1, is pivoted at its on either side with a oot or projection 22, which normallyengages the trigger sears pulled. Also the tri ers 13 are further locked by the slotted s lding plate 24wh1ch member 21provided" 10d 23 and, prevents the triggers 13 from being en ages their portions 25 (Fig. 4). The

sli in plate-24 is operated byanarm from 4 l t normally the p ate or lever 8 which is kep pressed outward by the flat sprin 27.

When' ressur'e is applied to t e plate 8 the forward end 28 of the 21 will be moved forward far enough to permit the trigger to be pulled, and the firing mechanism operated. The safety device is, gfter firing, in the position illustrated in Instead of having the swinging member '21 (as in Figs: 3, 4, 5 and 6), a slidable member 29 ig. 7 can be employed, the rod 4 actuating such member 29 as before, the latter, however, being moved over a depression 30 to allow the trigger to be pulled, the sliding slotted plate. 24, as shown in Figs. 3,4, 5 and 6, is, however, also employed.

'In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the rod 4 is kept normally pressed downward by the flat spring 32 out of engagement the bar 34 one end of with the catch 33 on which is kept pressed "inthe recess 35 in the trigger 13 by the spring 36.

On pressure being applied simultaneously to the plates 1 and 8 the catch 32 engages the catch leaving the the firearm to be discharged,

An important feature of the invention is that should the firearm he stood on its stock,

fit or ready for firing,

- tioned lever,

31 so as to keep the catch 7 33 on the bar 34 and the latter is withdrawn from the recess,

trigger free to be operated so as to cause pressure being mamas or lever 1 pressed inthe firearm rendered and as regards the constructions shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, no releasing or unlocking movement whatever is eifected.

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a firearm, a safety device comprising a spring controlled lever pivoted to the end of the stock, a rod working through said stock pivoted to said lever, a spring controlled lever pivoted to the stock neck, an arm on said latter lever engaging a projection'on the firearmtrigger, a connecting arm between said rod and said last men- .and means .for locking the firing mechanism actuated by said rod and adapted to unlock said firing mechanism on pressure being applied to said levers.

2. In a firearm, a safety device comprising a lever pivoted to the end of the stock, a member mounted in said stock and operatively connected to said lever, a second lever connected to the stoc and the pivoted plate ward, in no case is projection on the firearm trigger, connecting 0nd lever and means for locking the firing mechanism actuated by said member and adapted to unlock said firing mechanism on applied to said levers. ALFRED WALTER ALEXANDER BARNARD.

k neck, 'an arm on said second lever operatlvely connected with a means between said member and said sec- 4 

